Negro Sinful Songs
by Lead Belly
Lead Belly bestography
Negro Sinful Songs is ranked 2nd best out of 47 albums by Lead Belly on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lead Belly is The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) which is ranked number 4250 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 335.
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Negro Sinful Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Negro Sinful Songs rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  BozoTyrannus | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 6/100 | 95 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | My Favourite Album by Year | 73/74 | - |
| 2025 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1930s | 5/99 | - |
| 2025 | Siromynian | Best Music Album of 1939 | 1/1 | - |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Repeat Rewind 2021 edition | 65/100 | - |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | 1939 - The Very Best Albums | 1/46 | - |
| 2025 | jonny5244 | Highest Rated Albums by Year | 87/88 | - |
| 2023 | bloosy | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 12/100 | 68 |
| 2022 | Steppenwolf666 | Pre 1950 LP's | 3/20 | - |
| 2020 | BozoTyrannus | Favorite Artists | 19/100 | - |
| 2020 | ThaCrookedSpoke | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 65/100 | 17 |
| 2019 |  Graeme2 | 1930s 1940s | 7/11 | - |
| 2017 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 54/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 184 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 01/31/2026 15:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,724 | 70/100 | |
| 07/29/2025 14:48 | jon5417 | 4,040 | 68/100 | |
| 05/07/2025 17:46 | Dude | 4 | 83/100 | |
| 03/21/2025 06:51 | Pienk | 700 | 80/100 | |
| 11/29/2024 17:09 | Siromynian | 1,629 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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Músicas que se originam da pura expressão, que não privilegiavam fórmulas para vender mais. Criativas em seu maior grau, essas canções ecoam até hoje através da cópia reiterada e das apropriações que, conjuntamente a e por causa da dominação econômica, a dominância cultural americana fez que permeassem por todas as culturas no século XX, criando novas obras através da transformação e amalgamento. Essas músicas, americanas no seu núcleo, hoje fazem parte da história de vida de boa parte da população mundial através da transferência cultural presente nas suas vivências desde o nascimento, tornando cada um atingido por essa torrente cultural um pouco americano.
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BozoTyrannus 06/09/2020 14:45 | #253180
Incredible work. I'm so happy the technology existed at the time to allow this to be made.
Montpejo 04/08/2020 18:47 | #249674
Highlights:
Poor Howard / Green Corn
A raw and distressing collection of work songs from Huddie William Ledbetter, known as Lead Belly. The importance of this record should not be understated.
Influential blues with an authentic feel for the era.
Woah. Completely blew me away, especially that last track.
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| 1. Negro Sinful Songs by Lead Belly |
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